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Use the following resources to conduct your own diet quality survey and analyze the results.
- DQQ translated into the national language(s) and in English
Mongolia
Required citation for use of the country-adapted DQQ or IYCF DQQ:
Global Diet Quality Project. Diet Quality Questionnaire (DQQ) for Mongolia. Accessed at dietquality.org on August 15, 2025.You are free to use the Diet Quality Questionnaires (DQQ), under the terms of the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license under which they are published. You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made during use. No derivatives or adaptations of the work are permitted, meaning you cannot distribute a modified form of the work.
- BY: Credit must be given to the creator.
- NC: Only noncommercial uses of the work are permitted.
- ND: No derivatives or adaptations of the work are permitted.
Required citation for use of the Required citation for use of the country-level results (for example, MDD-W prevalence in a country):
Global Diet Quality Project. 2024. “DQQ Results Dataset 2021-2024.” Harvard Dataverse. https://doi.org/doi:10.7910/DVN/KY3W8A. Accessed at dietquality.org on August 15, 2025.You are free to use the DQQ data, under the terms of the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license under which they are published. You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made.
- BY: Credit must be given to the creator.
- NC: Only noncommercial uses of the work are permitted.
- SA: Adaptations must be shared under the same terms.
Required citation for use of the Gallup World Poll microdata:
Global Diet Quality Project. 2024. “DQQ Microdata 2021-2024.” Harvard Dataverse. https://doi.org/doi:10.7910/DVN/PWWJSA.Indicators
Data collected Aug 31 – Oct 22, 2023
Minimum Dietary Diversity - Women (MDD-W)
55%
All-5
9%
Protective Food Consumption (PFC)
21%
Vegetables
67%
Fruits
54%
At least one whole grain, pulse, nut, or seed
39%
Unhealthy Food Consumption (UFC)
69%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
42%
More than one sugary food or beverage
65%
More than one salty ultra-processed food
17%
Processed meats
22%
Healthy Diet Pattern for prevention of chronic disease
4%
Zero vegetable or fruit consumption
21%
Dietary Diversity Score (DDS)
4.8
Starchy staple foods
93%
Whole grains
32%
Foods made from grains
80%
White roots, tubers, or plantains
70%
Pulses, nuts or seeds
13%
Pulses
6%
Nuts or seeds
8%
Vegetables
67%
Vitamin A-rich orange vegetables
55%
Dark green leafy vegetables
14%
Other vegetables
44%
Fruits
54%
Vitamin A-rich fruits
16%
Citrus
17%
Other fruits
47%
Animal-source foods
98%
Dairy
78%
Milk
65%
Yogurt
54%
Cheese
26%
Eggs
34%
Meat, poultry, or fish
95%
Fish or seafood
5%
Poultry
11%
Unprocessed red meat
92%
Unprocessed red meat (ruminants)
91%
Unprocessed red meat (non-ruminants)
5%
Fast food or instant noodles
14%
Salty or fried snacks
43%
Packaged ultra-processed salty snacks
7%
Instant noodles
11%
Fast food
5%
Deep fried foods
33%
Sweet foods
62%
Baked or grain-based sweets
32%
Other sweets
52%
Sweet beverages
68%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
42%
Sweet tea, coffee, or cocoa
33%
Fruit juice and fruit drinks
30%
% indicates percent of the population consuming in the previous day or night