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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)
Nicaragua
Required citation for use of the country-adapted DQQ or IYCF DQQ:
Global Diet Quality Project. Diet Quality Questionnaire (DQQ) for Nicaragua. 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 15 – Dec 23, 2021
Minimum Dietary Diversity - Women (MDD-W)
77%
All-5
54%
Protective Food Consumption (PFC)
58%
Vegetables
76%
Fruits
71%
At least one whole grain, pulse, nut, or seed
93%
Unhealthy Food Consumption (UFC)
82%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
51%
More than one sugary food or beverage
80%
More than one salty ultra-processed food
27%
Processed meats
16%
Healthy Diet Pattern for prevention of chronic disease
6%
Zero vegetable or fruit consumption
12%
Dietary Diversity Score (DDS)
5.9
Starchy staple foods
96%
Whole grains
69%
Foods made from grains
86%
White roots, tubers, or plantains
60%
Pulses, nuts or seeds
88%
Pulses
87%
Nuts or seeds
10%
Vegetables
76%
Vitamin A-rich orange vegetables
27%
Dark green leafy vegetables
6%
Other vegetables
74%
Fruits
71%
Vitamin A-rich fruits
36%
Citrus
42%
Other fruits
54%
Animal-source foods
93%
Dairy
72%
Milk
36%
Yogurt
16%
Cheese
62%
Eggs
53%
Meat, poultry, or fish
73%
Fish or seafood
18%
Poultry
52%
Unprocessed red meat
32%
Unprocessed red meat (ruminants)
21%
Unprocessed red meat (non-ruminants)
18%
Fast food or instant noodles
16%
Salty or fried snacks
53%
Packaged ultra-processed salty snacks
25%
Instant noodles
13%
Fast food
5%
Deep fried foods
37%
Sweet foods
60%
Baked or grain-based sweets
49%
Other sweets
37%
Sweet beverages
91%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
51%
Sweet tea, coffee, or cocoa
75%
Fruit juice and fruit drinks
48%
% indicates percent of the population consuming in the previous day or night