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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)
Peru
Required citation for use of the country-adapted DQQ or IYCF DQQ:
Global Diet Quality Project. Diet Quality Questionnaire (DQQ) for Peru. 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 Sep 9 – Nov 9, 2023
Minimum Dietary Diversity - Women (MDD-W)
77%
All-5
41%
Protective Food Consumption (PFC)
59%
Vegetables
84%
Fruits
83%
At least one whole grain, pulse, nut, or seed
75%
Unhealthy Food Consumption (UFC)
67%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
30%
More than one sugary food or beverage
61%
More than one salty ultra-processed food
17%
Processed meats
21%
Healthy Diet Pattern for prevention of chronic disease
17%
Zero vegetable or fruit consumption
6%
Dietary Diversity Score (DDS)
6.1
Starchy staple foods
98%
Whole grains
53%
Foods made from grains
93%
White roots, tubers, or plantains
74%
Pulses, nuts or seeds
53%
Pulses
45%
Nuts or seeds
16%
Vegetables
84%
Vitamin A-rich orange vegetables
68%
Dark green leafy vegetables
29%
Other vegetables
67%
Fruits
83%
Vitamin A-rich fruits
32%
Citrus
59%
Other fruits
66%
Animal-source foods
95%
Dairy
55%
Milk
27%
Yogurt
18%
Cheese
37%
Eggs
54%
Meat, poultry, or fish
89%
Fish or seafood
29%
Poultry
68%
Unprocessed red meat
33%
Unprocessed red meat (ruminants)
25%
Unprocessed red meat (non-ruminants)
12%
Fast food or instant noodles
14%
Salty or fried snacks
35%
Packaged ultra-processed salty snacks
11%
Instant noodles
13%
Fast food
2%
Deep fried foods
22%
Sweet foods
46%
Baked or grain-based sweets
34%
Other sweets
29%
Sweet beverages
83%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
30%
Sweet tea, coffee, or cocoa
65%
Fruit juice and fruit drinks
38%
% indicates percent of the population consuming in the previous day or night