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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)
Pakistan
Required citation for use of the country-adapted DQQ or IYCF DQQ:
Global Diet Quality Project. Diet Quality Questionnaire (DQQ) for Pakistan. 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 Nov 16, 2021 – Jan 14, 2022
Minimum Dietary Diversity - Women (MDD-W)
54%
All-5
23%
Protective Food Consumption (PFC)
43%
Vegetables
77%
Fruits
55%
At least one whole grain, pulse, nut, or seed
94%
Unhealthy Food Consumption (UFC)
50%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
24%
More than one sugary food or beverage
49%
More than one salty ultra-processed food
7%
Processed meats
1%
Healthy Diet Pattern for prevention of chronic disease
16%
Zero vegetable or fruit consumption
13%
Dietary Diversity Score (DDS)
5
Starchy staple foods
99%
Whole grains
87%
Foods made from grains
67%
White roots, tubers, or plantains
45%
Pulses, nuts or seeds
49%
Pulses
42%
Nuts or seeds
14%
Vegetables
77%
Vitamin A-rich orange vegetables
11%
Dark green leafy vegetables
25%
Other vegetables
70%
Fruits
55%
Vitamin A-rich fruits
5%
Citrus
14%
Other fruits
51%
Animal-source foods
96%
Dairy
92%
Milk
88%
Yogurt
38%
Cheese
1%
Eggs
42%
Meat, poultry, or fish
45%
Fish or seafood
5%
Poultry
27%
Unprocessed red meat
23%
Unprocessed red meat (ruminants)
23%
Unprocessed red meat (non-ruminants)
0%
Fast food or instant noodles
4%
Salty or fried snacks
31%
Packaged ultra-processed salty snacks
17%
Instant noodles
3%
Fast food
2%
Deep fried foods
20%
Sweet foods
41%
Baked or grain-based sweets
35%
Other sweets
15%
Sweet beverages
89%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
24%
Sweet tea, coffee, or cocoa
85%
Fruit juice and fruit drinks
15%
% indicates percent of the population consuming in the previous day or night