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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)
South Africa
Required citation for use of the country-adapted DQQ or IYCF DQQ:
Global Diet Quality Project. Diet Quality Questionnaire (DQQ) for South Africa. 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 5 – Dec 9, 2021
Minimum Dietary Diversity - Women (MDD-W)
72%
All-5
23%
Protective Food Consumption (PFC)
39%
Vegetables
78%
Fruits
68%
At least one whole grain, pulse, nut, or seed
65%
Unhealthy Food Consumption (UFC)
81%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
51%
More than one sugary food or beverage
74%
More than one salty ultra-processed food
40%
Processed meats
39%
Healthy Diet Pattern for prevention of chronic disease
5%
Zero vegetable or fruit consumption
10%
Dietary Diversity Score (DDS)
5.5
Starchy staple foods
95%
Whole grains
43%
Foods made from grains
87%
White roots, tubers, or plantains
51%
Pulses, nuts or seeds
41%
Pulses
30%
Nuts or seeds
19%
Vegetables
78%
Vitamin A-rich orange vegetables
43%
Dark green leafy vegetables
34%
Other vegetables
57%
Fruits
68%
Vitamin A-rich fruits
10%
Citrus
37%
Other fruits
54%
Animal-source foods
94%
Dairy
63%
Milk
46%
Yogurt
29%
Cheese
26%
Eggs
54%
Meat, poultry, or fish
83%
Fish or seafood
23%
Poultry
53%
Unprocessed red meat
34%
Unprocessed red meat (ruminants)
27%
Unprocessed red meat (non-ruminants)
10%
Fast food or instant noodles
25%
Salty or fried snacks
57%
Packaged ultra-processed salty snacks
32%
Instant noodles
17%
Fast food
14%
Deep fried foods
36%
Sweet foods
52%
Baked or grain-based sweets
34%
Other sweets
36%
Sweet beverages
90%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
51%
Sweet tea, coffee, or cocoa
72%
Fruit juice and fruit drinks
35%
% indicates percent of the population consuming in the previous day or night