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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
- IYCF DQQ: Companion questionnaire for infants and young children (age 6-23 months)

Mozambique
Required citation for use of the country-adapted DQQ or IYCF DQQ:
Global Diet Quality Project. Diet Quality Questionnaire (DQQ) for Mozambique. 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 Nov 26, 2021 – Jan 21, 2022
Minimum Dietary Diversity - Women (MDD-W)
52%
All-5
31%
Protective Food Consumption (PFC)
44%
Vegetables
75%
Fruits
71%
At least one whole grain, pulse, nut, or seed
70%
Unhealthy Food Consumption (UFC)
43%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
26%
More than one sugary food or beverage
41%
More than one salty ultra-processed food
9%
Processed meats
4%
Healthy Diet Pattern for prevention of chronic disease
17%
Zero vegetable or fruit consumption
11%
Dietary Diversity Score (DDS)
4.7
Starchy staple foods
91%
Whole grains
33%
Foods made from grains
75%
White roots, tubers, or plantains
50%
Pulses, nuts or seeds
62%
Pulses
44%
Nuts or seeds
35%
Vegetables
75%
Vitamin A-rich orange vegetables
24%
Dark green leafy vegetables
49%
Other vegetables
53%
Fruits
71%
Vitamin A-rich fruits
64%
Citrus
8%
Other fruits
36%
Animal-source foods
62%
Dairy
12%
Milk
9%
Yogurt
3%
Cheese
2%
Eggs
20%
Meat, poultry, or fish
57%
Fish or seafood
41%
Poultry
17%
Unprocessed red meat
21%
Unprocessed red meat (ruminants)
16%
Unprocessed red meat (non-ruminants)
10%
Fast food or instant noodles
7%
Salty or fried snacks
31%
Packaged ultra-processed salty snacks
12%
Instant noodles
6%
Fast food
2%
Deep fried foods
23%
Sweet foods
37%
Baked or grain-based sweets
32%
Other sweets
16%
Sweet beverages
57%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
26%
Sweet tea, coffee, or cocoa
33%
Fruit juice and fruit drinks
28%
% indicates percent of the population consuming in the previous day or night