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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)
Mauritania
Required citation for use of the country-adapted DQQ or IYCF DQQ:
Global Diet Quality Project. Diet Quality Questionnaire (DQQ) for Mauritania. 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 27 – Sep 22, 2023
Minimum Dietary Diversity - Women (MDD-W)
53%
All-5
20%
Protective Food Consumption (PFC)
25%
Vegetables
65%
Fruits
43%
At least one whole grain, pulse, nut, or seed
56%
Unhealthy Food Consumption (UFC)
57%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
13%
More than one sugary food or beverage
44%
More than one salty ultra-processed food
19%
Processed meats
25%
Healthy Diet Pattern for prevention of chronic disease
5%
Zero vegetable or fruit consumption
27%
Dietary Diversity Score (DDS)
4.8
Starchy staple foods
91%
Whole grains
27%
Foods made from grains
87%
White roots, tubers, or plantains
26%
Pulses, nuts or seeds
44%
Pulses
36%
Nuts or seeds
15%
Vegetables
65%
Vitamin A-rich orange vegetables
43%
Dark green leafy vegetables
28%
Other vegetables
46%
Fruits
43%
Vitamin A-rich fruits
20%
Citrus
15%
Other fruits
36%
Animal-source foods
92%
Dairy
78%
Milk
66%
Yogurt
42%
Cheese
11%
Eggs
19%
Meat, poultry, or fish
76%
Fish or seafood
32%
Poultry
25%
Unprocessed red meat
48%
Unprocessed red meat (ruminants)
43%
Unprocessed red meat (non-ruminants)
12%
Fast food or instant noodles
20%
Salty or fried snacks
32%
Packaged ultra-processed salty snacks
11%
Instant noodles
13%
Fast food
9%
Deep fried foods
20%
Sweet foods
33%
Baked or grain-based sweets
26%
Other sweets
17%
Sweet beverages
87%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
13%
Sweet tea, coffee, or cocoa
83%
Fruit juice and fruit drinks
23%
% indicates percent of the population consuming in the previous day or night