Global Diet Quality Project

Global Diet Quality Project

Global Diet Quality Project

MDD-W Food group diversity score All-5 At least one starchy staple food At least one vegetable At least one fruit At least one pulse, nut, or seed At least one animal-source food NCD-Protect NCD-Risk GDR score Zero vegetable or fruit consumption Sugar-sweetened soft drink consumption

Food groups - plant-source

Starchy staple foods Whole grains Foods made from grains White roots/tubers Pulses, nuts or seeds Pulses Nuts or seeds Vegetables Vitamin A-rich orange vegetables Dark green leafy vegetables Other vegetables Fruits Vitamin A-rich fruits Citrus Other fruits

Food groups - animal-source

Dairy Milk Yogurt Cheese Eggs Meat, poultry, or fish Fish or seafood Poultry Unprocessed red meat Unprocessed red meat (ruminants)Unprocessed red meat (non-ruminants)

Food groups - foods to limit

Processed meats Salty packaged snacks, instant noodles, or fast food Salty or fried snacks Packaged ultra-processed salty snacks Instant noodles Fast food Deep fried foods Sweet foods Baked or grain-based sweets Other sweets Sugar-sweetened beverages Sugar-sweetened soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)Sweet tea/coffee/cocoa Fruit juice and fruit drinks

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GDR score

Country	Value
Sri Lanka	11.65 Points
Kenya	11.41 Points
Uganda	11.31 Points
Turkey	11.26 Points
China	11.23 Points
Mexico	11.03 Points
Ecuador	11.02 Points
Mozambique	11.02 Points
Bolivia	11.01 Points
Nepal	10.96 Points
Lebanon	10.95 Points
Senegal	10.94 Points
Tanzania	10.93 Points
Morocco	10.87 Points
India	10.86 Points
Burkina Faso	10.83 Points
Pakistan	10.8 Points
Viet Nam	10.78 Points
Benin	10.64 Points
Indonesia	10.56 Points
Sierra Leone	10.54 Points
Cameroon	10.52 Points
Ghana	10.5 Points
Egypt	10.45 Points
Bangladesh	10.39 Points
Nicaragua	10.25 Points
Tajikistan	10.18 Points
Cambodia	10.04 Points
Greece	9.99 Points
Israel	9.99 Points
Colombia	9.9 Points
Chile	9.86 Points
Laos	9.84 Points
United States of America	9.74 Points
Philippines	9.69 Points
Nigeria	9.69 Points
Gabon	9.62 Points
Jordan	9.5 Points
Russia	9.36 Points
South Africa	9.05 Points
Kazakhstan	8.63 Points