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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)
- Country brief
Malawi
Required citation for use of the country-adapted DQQ or IYCF DQQ:
Global Diet Quality Project. Diet Quality Questionnaire (DQQ) for Malawi. 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 Sep 26, 2022 – Nov 17, 2023
Minimum Dietary Diversity - Women (MDD-W)
53%
All-5
26%
Protective Food Consumption (PFC)
38%
Vegetables
89%
Fruits
46%
At least one whole grain, pulse, nut, or seed
83%
Unhealthy Food Consumption (UFC)
28%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
10%
More than one sugary food or beverage
24%
More than one salty ultra-processed food
11%
Processed meats
3%
Healthy Diet Pattern for prevention of chronic disease
20%
Zero vegetable or fruit consumption
8%
Dietary Diversity Score (DDS)
4.8
Starchy staple foods
96%
Whole grains
59%
Foods made from grains
90%
White roots, tubers, or plantains
38%
Pulses, nuts or seeds
63%
Pulses
44%
Nuts or seeds
38%
Vegetables
89%
Vitamin A-rich orange vegetables
17%
Dark green leafy vegetables
71%
Other vegetables
66%
Fruits
46%
Vitamin A-rich fruits
23%
Citrus
6%
Other fruits
31%
Animal-source foods
72%
Dairy
13%
Milk
11%
Yogurt
3%
Cheese
1%
Eggs
17%
Meat, poultry, or fish
67%
Fish or seafood
52%
Poultry
14%
Unprocessed red meat
21%
Unprocessed red meat (ruminants)
12%
Unprocessed red meat (non-ruminants)
12%
Fast food or instant noodles
3%
Salty or fried snacks
39%
Packaged ultra-processed salty snacks
19%
Instant noodles
1%
Fast food
2%
Deep fried foods
30%
Sweet foods
27%
Baked or grain-based sweets
14%
Other sweets
20%
Sweet beverages
39%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
10%
Sweet tea, coffee, or cocoa
31%
Fruit juice and fruit drinks
11%
% indicates percent of the population consuming in the previous day or night