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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

Venezuela
Required citation for use of the country-adapted DQQ or IYCF DQQ:
Global Diet Quality Project. Diet Quality Questionnaire (DQQ) for Venezuela. 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 3 – Sep 30, 2023
Minimum Dietary Diversity - Women (MDD-W)
63%
All-5
21%
Protective Food Consumption (PFC)
26%
Vegetables
62%
Fruits
61%
At least one whole grain, pulse, nut, or seed
53%
Unhealthy Food Consumption (UFC)
78%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
33%
More than one sugary food or beverage
71%
More than one salty ultra-processed food
19%
Processed meats
34%
Healthy Diet Pattern for prevention of chronic disease
4%
Zero vegetable or fruit consumption
18%
Dietary Diversity Score (DDS)
5.3
Starchy staple foods
99%
Whole grains
19%
Foods made from grains
97%
White roots, tubers, or plantains
49%
Pulses, nuts or seeds
45%
Pulses
41%
Nuts or seeds
8%
Vegetables
62%
Vitamin A-rich orange vegetables
44%
Dark green leafy vegetables
4%
Other vegetables
50%
Fruits
61%
Vitamin A-rich fruits
22%
Citrus
6%
Other fruits
53%
Animal-source foods
98%
Dairy
85%
Milk
38%
Yogurt
1%
Cheese
76%
Eggs
53%
Meat, poultry, or fish
82%
Fish or seafood
19%
Poultry
45%
Unprocessed red meat
38%
Unprocessed red meat (ruminants)
35%
Unprocessed red meat (non-ruminants)
6%
Fast food or instant noodles
11%
Salty or fried snacks
33%
Packaged ultra-processed salty snacks
12%
Instant noodles
5%
Fast food
6%
Deep fried foods
25%
Sweet foods
59%
Baked or grain-based sweets
45%
Other sweets
35%
Sweet beverages
87%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
33%
Sweet tea, coffee, or cocoa
71%
Fruit juice and fruit drinks
33%
% indicates percent of the population consuming in the previous day or night