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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
- Country brief
United States of America
Required citation for use of the country-adapted DQQ or IYCF DQQ:
Global Diet Quality Project. Diet Quality Questionnaire (DQQ) for United States of America. 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 Aug 19, 2021 – Oct 23, 2023
Minimum Dietary Diversity - Women (MDD-W)
84%
All-5
44%
Protective Food Consumption (PFC)
55%
Vegetables
85%
Fruits
77%
At least one whole grain, pulse, nut, or seed
74%
Unhealthy Food Consumption (UFC)
82%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
42%
More than one sugary food or beverage
70%
More than one salty ultra-processed food
33%
Processed meats
47%
Healthy Diet Pattern for prevention of chronic disease
11%
Zero vegetable or fruit consumption
7%
Dietary Diversity Score (DDS)
6.4
Starchy staple foods
92%
Whole grains
36%
Foods made from grains
84%
White roots, tubers, or plantains
41%
Pulses, nuts or seeds
64%
Pulses
37%
Nuts or seeds
45%
Vegetables
85%
Vitamin A-rich orange vegetables
47%
Dark green leafy vegetables
40%
Other vegetables
76%
Fruits
77%
Vitamin A-rich fruits
15%
Citrus
23%
Other fruits
72%
Animal-source foods
98%
Dairy
85%
Milk
48%
Yogurt
19%
Cheese
71%
Eggs
50%
Meat, poultry, or fish
91%
Fish or seafood
22%
Poultry
52%
Unprocessed red meat
53%
Unprocessed red meat (ruminants)
42%
Unprocessed red meat (non-ruminants)
21%
Fast food or instant noodles
22%
Salty or fried snacks
43%
Packaged ultra-processed salty snacks
26%
Instant noodles
8%
Fast food
16%
Deep fried foods
21%
Sweet foods
65%
Baked or grain-based sweets
44%
Other sweets
43%
Sweet beverages
75%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
42%
Sweet tea, coffee, or cocoa
39%
Fruit juice and fruit drinks
39%
% indicates percent of the population consuming in the previous day or night