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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)

Philippines
Required citation for use of the country-adapted DQQ or IYCF DQQ:
Global Diet Quality Project. Diet Quality Questionnaire (DQQ) for Philippines. 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 17 – Nov 13, 2021
Minimum Dietary Diversity - Women (MDD-W)
80%
All-5
36%
Protective Food Consumption (PFC)
44%
Vegetables
88%
Fruits
74%
At least one whole grain, pulse, nut, or seed
60%
Unhealthy Food Consumption (UFC)
75%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
45%
More than one sugary food or beverage
64%
More than one salty ultra-processed food
38%
Processed meats
36%
Healthy Diet Pattern for prevention of chronic disease
9%
Zero vegetable or fruit consumption
6%
Dietary Diversity Score (DDS)
6.3
Starchy staple foods
97%
Whole grains
25%
Foods made from grains
93%
White roots, tubers, or plantains
45%
Pulses, nuts or seeds
48%
Pulses
39%
Nuts or seeds
17%
Vegetables
88%
Vitamin A-rich orange vegetables
54%
Dark green leafy vegetables
69%
Other vegetables
74%
Fruits
74%
Vitamin A-rich fruits
30%
Citrus
18%
Other fruits
65%
Animal-source foods
97%
Dairy
45%
Milk
36%
Yogurt
7%
Cheese
11%
Eggs
65%
Meat, poultry, or fish
94%
Fish or seafood
76%
Poultry
53%
Unprocessed red meat
38%
Unprocessed red meat (ruminants)
15%
Unprocessed red meat (non-ruminants)
30%
Fast food or instant noodles
45%
Salty or fried snacks
57%
Packaged ultra-processed salty snacks
28%
Instant noodles
36%
Fast food
12%
Deep fried foods
25%
Sweet foods
50%
Baked or grain-based sweets
37%
Other sweets
33%
Sweet beverages
72%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
45%
Sweet tea, coffee, or cocoa
50%
Fruit juice and fruit drinks
19%
% indicates percent of the population consuming in the previous day or night