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Herforth, A.W., Ballard, T., and Rzepa, A. 2024. Development of the Diet Quality Questionnaire (DQQ) for measurement of dietary diversity and other diet quality indicators. Current Developments in Nutrition. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cdnut.2024.103798

Herforth, A.W., Sattamini, I.F., Olarte, D.A., Diego-Rosell, P. and Rzepa, A., 2024. You say potato, I say vegetable; you say tomato, I say fruit: Cognitive validity of food group-based dietary recall questions. Current Developments in Nutrition, p.104502. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cdnut.2024.104502

Herforth, A.W., Sokourenko, K., Gonzalez, B.C., Uyar, B.T., Bulungu, A.L. and Vogliano, C., 2024. Adaptation of the Diet Quality Questionnaire as a global public good for use in 140 countries. Current Developments in Nutrition, p.104499. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cdnut.2024.104499

Namaste, SML, Bulungu, ALS, and Herforth, AW. 2024. “Cognitive Testing of Dietary Assessment and Receipt of Nutrition Services for Use in Population-Based Surveys: Results from the Demographic and Health Survey Pilot in Uganda.” Current Developments in Nutrition, 104518. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cdnut.2024.104518

Nguyen, P.H., Neupane, S., Pant, A., Avula, R., Herforth, A. 2024. Diet quality among mothers and children in India: Roles of social and behavior change communication and nutrition-sensitive social protection programs. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tjnut.2024.07.026

Rzepa, A., Crabtree, S., Vigers, B., Papachristoforou, K. 2024. Bridging the gap: Gallup’s role supporting the official statistics ecosystem. Statistical Journal of the IAOS. https://content.iospress.com/articles/statistical-journal-of-the-iaos/sji230111

Uyar, B.T., Talsma, E.F., Herforth, A.W., Trijsburg, L.E., Vogliano, C., Pastori, G., Bekele, T.H. and Brouwer, I.D., 2023. The DQQ is a valid tool to collect population level food group consumption data: A study among women in Ethiopia, Viet Nam, and Solomon Islands. The Journal of Nutrition. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tjnut.2022.12.014

Global Diet Quality Project. 2022. Measuring what the world eats: Insights from a new approach. Geneva: Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN); Boston, MA: Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Department of Global Health and Population. https://doi.org/10.36072/dqq2022

Global Diet Quality Project. 2022. Brief: Measuring what the world eats: Insights from a new approach. Geneva: Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN); Boston, MA: Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Department of Global Health and Population.

Global Diet Quality Project and UNICEF. 2022. Diet Quality Monitoring in Lao PDR. UNICEF: Vientiane, Lao PDR. https://nipn.lsb.gov.la/document/diet-quality-monitoring-in-lao-pdr-2022/

Ma. S., Herforth, A.W., Vogliano, C., Zou, Z. 2022. Most Commonly-Consumed Food Items by Food Group, and by Province, in China: Implications for Diet Quality Monitoring. Nutrients, 14(9), 1754. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14091754

Manners, R., Adewopo, J., Niyibituronsa, M., Remans, R., Ghosh, A., Schut, M., Egoeh, S.G., Kilwendge, R., Fraenzel, A. 2022. Leveraging Digital Tools and Crowdsourcing Approaches to Generate High-Frequency Data for Diet Quality Monitoring at Population Scale in Rwanda. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2021.804821

Wang, H., Herforth, A.W., Xi, B. and Zou, Z., 2022. Validation of the Diet Quality Questionnaire in Chinese Children and Adolescents and Relationship with Pediatric Overweight and Obesity. Nutrients, 14(17), p.3551. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14173551

Herforth, A.W., Wiesmann, D., Martinez-Steele, E., Andrade, G. and Monteiro, C.A., 2020. Introducing a suite of low-burden diet quality indicators that reflect healthy diet patterns at population level.Current Developments in Nutrition, 4(12), p.nzaa168. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2475299122121025

Herforth, A.W. 2016. Seeking Indicators of Healthy Diets. Washington, DC: Gallup.

Reports that Cite DQQ Data

HLPE. 2024. Strengthening urban and peri‑urban food systems to achieve food security and nutrition, in the context of urbanization and rural transformation. Rome, CFS HLPE‑FSN. (pages 75, 84-87) https://www.fao.org/cfs/cfs-hlpe/publications/hlpe-19 (pages 75, 84-87)

FAO, IFAD, UNICEF, WFP and WHO. 2024. The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2024 – Financing to end hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition in all its forms. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/cd1254en (pages 20-21)