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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)
Malaysia
Required citation for use of the country-adapted DQQ or IYCF DQQ:
Global Diet Quality Project. Diet Quality Questionnaire (DQQ) for Malaysia. 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 21 – Dec 10, 2023
Minimum Dietary Diversity - Women (MDD-W)
63%
All-5
22%
Protective Food Consumption (PFC)
27%
Vegetables
80%
Fruits
63%
At least one whole grain, pulse, nut, or seed
38%
Unhealthy Food Consumption (UFC)
63%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
16%
More than one sugary food or beverage
56%
More than one salty ultra-processed food
26%
Processed meats
16%
Healthy Diet Pattern for prevention of chronic disease
7%
Zero vegetable or fruit consumption
11%
Dietary Diversity Score (DDS)
5.3
Starchy staple foods
96%
Whole grains
12%
Foods made from grains
95%
White roots, tubers, or plantains
23%
Pulses, nuts or seeds
31%
Pulses
25%
Nuts or seeds
12%
Vegetables
80%
Vitamin A-rich orange vegetables
34%
Dark green leafy vegetables
56%
Other vegetables
65%
Fruits
63%
Vitamin A-rich fruits
21%
Citrus
20%
Other fruits
51%
Animal-source foods
94%
Dairy
28%
Milk
21%
Yogurt
6%
Cheese
8%
Eggs
64%
Meat, poultry, or fish
85%
Fish or seafood
43%
Poultry
60%
Unprocessed red meat
23%
Unprocessed red meat (ruminants)
17%
Unprocessed red meat (non-ruminants)
7%
Fast food or instant noodles
31%
Salty or fried snacks
52%
Packaged ultra-processed salty snacks
14%
Instant noodles
25%
Fast food
8%
Deep fried foods
33%
Sweet foods
56%
Baked or grain-based sweets
44%
Other sweets
29%
Sweet beverages
77%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
16%
Sweet tea, coffee, or cocoa
66%
Fruit juice and fruit drinks
23%
% indicates percent of the population consuming in the previous day or night