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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)
Namibia
Required citation for use of the country-adapted DQQ or IYCF DQQ:
Global Diet Quality Project. Diet Quality Questionnaire (DQQ) for Namibia. 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 Oct 17 – Nov 18, 2023
Minimum Dietary Diversity - Women (MDD-W)
54%
All-5
17%
Protective Food Consumption (PFC)
33%
Vegetables
67%
Fruits
71%
At least one whole grain, pulse, nut, or seed
60%
Unhealthy Food Consumption (UFC)
79%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
51%
More than one sugary food or beverage
70%
More than one salty ultra-processed food
36%
Processed meats
31%
Healthy Diet Pattern for prevention of chronic disease
3%
Zero vegetable or fruit consumption
13%
Dietary Diversity Score (DDS)
4.7
Starchy staple foods
94%
Whole grains
45%
Foods made from grains
79%
White roots, tubers, or plantains
33%
Pulses, nuts or seeds
31%
Pulses
21%
Nuts or seeds
15%
Vegetables
67%
Vitamin A-rich orange vegetables
25%
Dark green leafy vegetables
23%
Other vegetables
50%
Fruits
71%
Vitamin A-rich fruits
7%
Citrus
37%
Other fruits
59%
Animal-source foods
89%
Dairy
43%
Milk
15%
Yogurt
30%
Cheese
16%
Eggs
38%
Meat, poultry, or fish
81%
Fish or seafood
25%
Poultry
25%
Unprocessed red meat
51%
Unprocessed red meat (ruminants)
42%
Unprocessed red meat (non-ruminants)
15%
Fast food or instant noodles
21%
Salty or fried snacks
55%
Packaged ultra-processed salty snacks
33%
Instant noodles
12%
Fast food
12%
Deep fried foods
38%
Sweet foods
45%
Baked or grain-based sweets
27%
Other sweets
33%
Sweet beverages
79%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
51%
Sweet tea, coffee, or cocoa
56%
Fruit juice and fruit drinks
30%
% indicates percent of the population consuming in the previous day or night