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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)
Paraguay
Required citation for use of the country-adapted DQQ or IYCF DQQ:
Global Diet Quality Project. Diet Quality Questionnaire (DQQ) for Paraguay. 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 11 – Nov 9, 2023
Minimum Dietary Diversity - Women (MDD-W)
80%
All-5
25%
Protective Food Consumption (PFC)
35%
Vegetables
90%
Fruits
72%
At least one whole grain, pulse, nut, or seed
46%
Unhealthy Food Consumption (UFC)
75%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
42%
More than one sugary food or beverage
69%
More than one salty ultra-processed food
27%
Processed meats
31%
Healthy Diet Pattern for prevention of chronic disease
8%
Zero vegetable or fruit consumption
6%
Dietary Diversity Score (DDS)
6
Starchy staple foods
96%
Whole grains
29%
Foods made from grains
88%
White roots, tubers, or plantains
71%
Pulses, nuts or seeds
31%
Pulses
21%
Nuts or seeds
14%
Vegetables
90%
Vitamin A-rich orange vegetables
59%
Dark green leafy vegetables
10%
Other vegetables
86%
Fruits
72%
Vitamin A-rich fruits
15%
Citrus
40%
Other fruits
57%
Animal-source foods
99%
Dairy
84%
Milk
72%
Yogurt
26%
Cheese
45%
Eggs
62%
Meat, poultry, or fish
93%
Fish or seafood
9%
Poultry
38%
Unprocessed red meat
71%
Unprocessed red meat (ruminants)
65%
Unprocessed red meat (non-ruminants)
16%
Fast food or instant noodles
17%
Salty or fried snacks
50%
Packaged ultra-processed salty snacks
11%
Instant noodles
11%
Fast food
7%
Deep fried foods
41%
Sweet foods
56%
Baked or grain-based sweets
40%
Other sweets
33%
Sweet beverages
81%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
42%
Sweet tea, coffee, or cocoa
53%
Fruit juice and fruit drinks
39%
% indicates percent of the population consuming in the previous day or night