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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)

Turkey
Required citation for use of the country-adapted DQQ or IYCF DQQ:
Global Diet Quality Project. Diet Quality Questionnaire (DQQ) for Turkey. 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 28 – Nov 22, 2021
Minimum Dietary Diversity - Women (MDD-W)
76%
All-5
51%
Protective Food Consumption (PFC)
61%
Vegetables
89%
Fruits
75%
At least one whole grain, pulse, nut, or seed
81%
Unhealthy Food Consumption (UFC)
57%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
25%
More than one sugary food or beverage
51%
More than one salty ultra-processed food
16%
Processed meats
23%
Healthy Diet Pattern for prevention of chronic disease
22%
Zero vegetable or fruit consumption
6%
Dietary Diversity Score (DDS)
6.5
Starchy staple foods
95%
Whole grains
52%
Foods made from grains
84%
White roots, tubers, or plantains
52%
Pulses, nuts or seeds
68%
Pulses
54%
Nuts or seeds
42%
Vegetables
89%
Vitamin A-rich orange vegetables
38%
Dark green leafy vegetables
45%
Other vegetables
84%
Fruits
75%
Vitamin A-rich fruits
14%
Citrus
38%
Other fruits
63%
Animal-source foods
96%
Dairy
90%
Milk
22%
Yogurt
70%
Cheese
77%
Eggs
64%
Meat, poultry, or fish
61%
Fish or seafood
10%
Poultry
31%
Unprocessed red meat
28%
Unprocessed red meat (ruminants)
28%
Unprocessed red meat (non-ruminants)
0%
Fast food or instant noodles
8%
Salty or fried snacks
34%
Packaged ultra-processed salty snacks
12%
Instant noodles
6%
Fast food
3%
Deep fried foods
26%
Sweet foods
45%
Baked or grain-based sweets
34%
Other sweets
27%
Sweet beverages
75%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
25%
Sweet tea, coffee, or cocoa
64%
Fruit juice and fruit drinks
18%
% indicates percent of the population consuming in the previous day or night