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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
Tanzania
Required citation for use of the country-adapted DQQ or IYCF DQQ:
Global Diet Quality Project. Diet Quality Questionnaire (DQQ) for Tanzania. 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 2 – Sep 26, 2021
Minimum Dietary Diversity - Women (MDD-W)
36%
All-5
19%
Protective Food Consumption (PFC)
29%
Vegetables
68%
Fruits
53%
At least one whole grain, pulse, nut, or seed
68%
Unhealthy Food Consumption (UFC)
29%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
19%
More than one sugary food or beverage
29%
More than one salty ultra-processed food
1%
Processed meats
1%
Healthy Diet Pattern for prevention of chronic disease
16%
Zero vegetable or fruit consumption
18%
Dietary Diversity Score (DDS)
4.1
Starchy staple foods
94%
Whole grains
38%
Foods made from grains
79%
White roots, tubers, or plantains
40%
Pulses, nuts or seeds
54%
Pulses
47%
Nuts or seeds
17%
Vegetables
68%
Vitamin A-rich orange vegetables
23%
Dark green leafy vegetables
43%
Other vegetables
45%
Fruits
53%
Vitamin A-rich fruits
18%
Citrus
21%
Other fruits
37%
Animal-source foods
67%
Dairy
20%
Milk
15%
Yogurt
6%
Cheese
1%
Eggs
9%
Meat, poultry, or fish
59%
Fish or seafood
40%
Poultry
9%
Unprocessed red meat
25%
Unprocessed red meat (ruminants)
22%
Unprocessed red meat (non-ruminants)
5%
Fast food or instant noodles
1%
Salty or fried snacks
29%
Packaged ultra-processed salty snacks
1%
Instant noodles
1%
Fast food
0%
Deep fried foods
28%
Sweet foods
16%
Baked or grain-based sweets
10%
Other sweets
11%
Sweet beverages
55%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
19%
Sweet tea, coffee, or cocoa
44%
Fruit juice and fruit drinks
12%
% indicates percent of the population consuming in the previous day or night