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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)
Zimbabwe
Required citation for use of the country-adapted DQQ or IYCF DQQ:
Global Diet Quality Project. Diet Quality Questionnaire (DQQ) for Zimbabwe. 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 20 – Oct 25, 2022
Minimum Dietary Diversity - Women (MDD-W)
54%
All-5
24%
Protective Food Consumption (PFC)
41%
Vegetables
93%
Fruits
52%
At least one whole grain, pulse, nut, or seed
79%
Unhealthy Food Consumption (UFC)
44%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
20%
More than one sugary food or beverage
40%
More than one salty ultra-processed food
11%
Processed meats
14%
Healthy Diet Pattern for prevention of chronic disease
20%
Zero vegetable or fruit consumption
4%
Dietary Diversity Score (DDS)
4.8
Starchy staple foods
97%
Whole grains
56%
Foods made from grains
77%
White roots, tubers, or plantains
31%
Pulses, nuts or seeds
53%
Pulses
35%
Nuts or seeds
32%
Vegetables
93%
Vitamin A-rich orange vegetables
12%
Dark green leafy vegetables
74%
Other vegetables
72%
Fruits
52%
Vitamin A-rich fruits
4%
Citrus
14%
Other fruits
46%
Animal-source foods
72%
Dairy
20%
Milk
11%
Yogurt
11%
Cheese
2%
Eggs
28%
Meat, poultry, or fish
61%
Fish or seafood
15%
Poultry
23%
Unprocessed red meat
33%
Unprocessed red meat (ruminants)
29%
Unprocessed red meat (non-ruminants)
6%
Fast food or instant noodles
4%
Salty or fried snacks
26%
Packaged ultra-processed salty snacks
16%
Instant noodles
2%
Fast food
3%
Deep fried foods
14%
Sweet foods
30%
Baked or grain-based sweets
16%
Other sweets
20%
Sweet beverages
72%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
20%
Sweet tea, coffee, or cocoa
60%
Fruit juice and fruit drinks
21%
% indicates percent of the population consuming in the previous day or night