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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)
Zambia
Required citation for use of the country-adapted DQQ or IYCF DQQ:
Global Diet Quality Project. Diet Quality Questionnaire (DQQ) for Zambia. 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 Jan 28 – Mar 2, 2024
Minimum Dietary Diversity - Women (MDD-W)
60%
All-5
29%
Protective Food Consumption (PFC)
52%
Vegetables
94%
Fruits
65%
At least one whole grain, pulse, nut, or seed
78%
Unhealthy Food Consumption (UFC)
49%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
18%
More than one sugary food or beverage
42%
More than one salty ultra-processed food
16%
Processed meats
17%
Healthy Diet Pattern for prevention of chronic disease
24%
Zero vegetable or fruit consumption
4%
Dietary Diversity Score (DDS)
5.1
Starchy staple foods
96%
Whole grains
61%
Foods made from grains
63%
White roots, tubers, or plantains
24%
Pulses, nuts or seeds
50%
Pulses
33%
Nuts or seeds
27%
Vegetables
94%
Vitamin A-rich orange vegetables
10%
Dark green leafy vegetables
79%
Other vegetables
78%
Fruits
65%
Vitamin A-rich fruits
49%
Citrus
7%
Other fruits
34%
Animal-source foods
76%
Dairy
21%
Milk
12%
Yogurt
11%
Cheese
1%
Eggs
24%
Meat, poultry, or fish
67%
Fish or seafood
37%
Poultry
24%
Unprocessed red meat
16%
Unprocessed red meat (ruminants)
13%
Unprocessed red meat (non-ruminants)
5%
Fast food or instant noodles
5%
Salty or fried snacks
40%
Packaged ultra-processed salty snacks
18%
Instant noodles
2%
Fast food
3%
Deep fried foods
30%
Sweet foods
37%
Baked or grain-based sweets
26%
Other sweets
22%
Sweet beverages
59%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
18%
Sweet tea, coffee, or cocoa
45%
Fruit juice and fruit drinks
20%
% indicates percent of the population consuming in the previous day or night