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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
Uganda
Required citation for use of the country-adapted DQQ or IYCF DQQ:
Global Diet Quality Project. Diet Quality Questionnaire (DQQ) for Uganda. 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 12 – Nov 3, 2021
Minimum Dietary Diversity - Women (MDD-W)
59%
All-5
32%
Protective Food Consumption (PFC)
48%
Vegetables
82%
Fruits
66%
At least one whole grain, pulse, nut, or seed
79%
Unhealthy Food Consumption (UFC)
43%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
20%
More than one sugary food or beverage
41%
More than one salty ultra-processed food
5%
Processed meats
2%
Healthy Diet Pattern for prevention of chronic disease
22%
Zero vegetable or fruit consumption
8%
Dietary Diversity Score (DDS)
5
Starchy staple foods
93%
Whole grains
45%
Foods made from grains
70%
White roots, tubers, or plantains
64%
Pulses, nuts or seeds
68%
Pulses
58%
Nuts or seeds
33%
Vegetables
82%
Vitamin A-rich orange vegetables
19%
Dark green leafy vegetables
34%
Other vegetables
73%
Fruits
66%
Vitamin A-rich fruits
30%
Citrus
22%
Other fruits
49%
Animal-source foods
70%
Dairy
32%
Milk
28%
Yogurt
8%
Cheese
3%
Eggs
24%
Meat, poultry, or fish
52%
Fish or seafood
32%
Poultry
7%
Unprocessed red meat
25%
Unprocessed red meat (ruminants)
21%
Unprocessed red meat (non-ruminants)
6%
Fast food or instant noodles
5%
Salty or fried snacks
44%
Packaged ultra-processed salty snacks
2%
Instant noodles
2%
Fast food
2%
Deep fried foods
42%
Sweet foods
27%
Baked or grain-based sweets
21%
Other sweets
14%
Sweet beverages
72%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
20%
Sweet tea, coffee, or cocoa
62%
Fruit juice and fruit drinks
21%
% indicates percent of the population consuming in the previous day or night