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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)
- Country brief
Sierra Leone
Required citation for use of the country-adapted DQQ or IYCF DQQ:
Global Diet Quality Project. Diet Quality Questionnaire (DQQ) for Sierra Leone. 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 Jul 15, 2021 – Jan 25, 2024
Minimum Dietary Diversity - Women (MDD-W)
45%
All-5
28%
Protective Food Consumption (PFC)
35%
Vegetables
80%
Fruits
50%
At least one whole grain, pulse, nut, or seed
68%
Unhealthy Food Consumption (UFC)
31%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
16%
More than one sugary food or beverage
28%
More than one salty ultra-processed food
6%
Processed meats
7%
Healthy Diet Pattern for prevention of chronic disease
18%
Zero vegetable or fruit consumption
14%
Dietary Diversity Score (DDS)
4.5
Starchy staple foods
96%
Whole grains
40%
Foods made from grains
85%
White roots, tubers, or plantains
54%
Pulses, nuts or seeds
54%
Pulses
23%
Nuts or seeds
45%
Vegetables
80%
Vitamin A-rich orange vegetables
16%
Dark green leafy vegetables
74%
Other vegetables
24%
Fruits
50%
Vitamin A-rich fruits
19%
Citrus
17%
Other fruits
39%
Animal-source foods
83%
Dairy
16%
Milk
12%
Yogurt
4%
Cheese
3%
Eggs
14%
Meat, poultry, or fish
81%
Fish or seafood
76%
Poultry
14%
Unprocessed red meat
16%
Unprocessed red meat (ruminants)
9%
Unprocessed red meat (non-ruminants)
10%
Fast food or instant noodles
3%
Salty or fried snacks
20%
Packaged ultra-processed salty snacks
4%
Instant noodles
1%
Fast food
2%
Deep fried foods
18%
Sweet foods
29%
Baked or grain-based sweets
24%
Other sweets
14%
Sweet beverages
39%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
16%
Sweet tea, coffee, or cocoa
28%
Fruit juice and fruit drinks
14%
% indicates percent of the population consuming in the previous day or night