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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)
Nigeria
Required citation for use of the country-adapted DQQ or IYCF DQQ:
Global Diet Quality Project. Diet Quality Questionnaire (DQQ) for Nigeria. 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 15 – Sep 22, 2021
Minimum Dietary Diversity - Women (MDD-W)
48%
All-5
23%
Protective Food Consumption (PFC)
29%
Vegetables
75%
Fruits
45%
At least one whole grain, pulse, nut, or seed
61%
Unhealthy Food Consumption (UFC)
50%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
32%
More than one sugary food or beverage
45%
More than one salty ultra-processed food
16%
Processed meats
7%
Healthy Diet Pattern for prevention of chronic disease
9%
Zero vegetable or fruit consumption
17%
Dietary Diversity Score (DDS)
4.5
Starchy staple foods
94%
Whole grains
28%
Foods made from grains
81%
White roots, tubers, or plantains
43%
Pulses, nuts or seeds
51%
Pulses
31%
Nuts or seeds
30%
Vegetables
75%
Vitamin A-rich orange vegetables
15%
Dark green leafy vegetables
53%
Other vegetables
48%
Fruits
45%
Vitamin A-rich fruits
12%
Citrus
20%
Other fruits
33%
Animal-source foods
84%
Dairy
41%
Milk
25%
Yogurt
20%
Cheese
7%
Eggs
17%
Meat, poultry, or fish
73%
Fish or seafood
42%
Poultry
14%
Unprocessed red meat
54%
Unprocessed red meat (ruminants)
50%
Unprocessed red meat (non-ruminants)
9%
Fast food or instant noodles
24%
Salty or fried snacks
45%
Packaged ultra-processed salty snacks
9%
Instant noodles
23%
Fast food
2%
Deep fried foods
28%
Sweet foods
31%
Baked or grain-based sweets
26%
Other sweets
14%
Sweet beverages
57%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
32%
Sweet tea, coffee, or cocoa
36%
Fruit juice and fruit drinks
12%
% indicates percent of the population consuming in the previous day or night