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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)
Nepal
Required citation for use of the country-adapted DQQ or IYCF DQQ:
Global Diet Quality Project. Diet Quality Questionnaire (DQQ) for Nepal. 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 10 – Dec 19, 2021
Minimum Dietary Diversity - Women (MDD-W)
64%
All-5
39%
Protective Food Consumption (PFC)
48%
Vegetables
84%
Fruits
55%
At least one whole grain, pulse, nut, or seed
89%
Unhealthy Food Consumption (UFC)
49%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
13%
More than one sugary food or beverage
44%
More than one salty ultra-processed food
18%
Processed meats
2%
Healthy Diet Pattern for prevention of chronic disease
19%
Zero vegetable or fruit consumption
11%
Dietary Diversity Score (DDS)
5.2
Starchy staple foods
99%
Whole grains
53%
Foods made from grains
97%
White roots, tubers, or plantains
69%
Pulses, nuts or seeds
79%
Pulses
78%
Nuts or seeds
11%
Vegetables
84%
Vitamin A-rich orange vegetables
16%
Dark green leafy vegetables
52%
Other vegetables
73%
Fruits
55%
Vitamin A-rich fruits
7%
Citrus
13%
Other fruits
53%
Animal-source foods
82%
Dairy
69%
Milk
60%
Yogurt
41%
Cheese
4%
Eggs
22%
Meat, poultry, or fish
37%
Fish or seafood
13%
Poultry
21%
Unprocessed red meat
13%
Unprocessed red meat (ruminants)
12%
Unprocessed red meat (non-ruminants)
3%
Fast food or instant noodles
19%
Salty or fried snacks
45%
Packaged ultra-processed salty snacks
24%
Instant noodles
18%
Fast food
2%
Deep fried foods
25%
Sweet foods
48%
Baked or grain-based sweets
37%
Other sweets
26%
Sweet beverages
68%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
13%
Sweet tea, coffee, or cocoa
63%
Fruit juice and fruit drinks
11%
% indicates percent of the population consuming in the previous day or night