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Diet Quality Questionnaire Indicator Calculator
There are three ways to calculate indicators from Diet Quality Questionnaire responses:
- Download our CSV template, fill it out, and upload the completed file below. You can refer to our sample CSV to see what a correctly formatted file looks like.
- Download our R scripts to generate the indicators on your own machine.
- Demonstration only: Fill in responses manually on the sample questionnaire below to see how the indicators are derived from the questions.
CSV Upload
Use the CSV upload to analyze data from many responses.
Calculated Indicators
Upload a valid CSV to calculate indicators.
or
Download the provided R scripts to analyze more complex data sets on your own machine.
or
Sample Questionnaire
1
Staple foods made from grains
2
Whole grains
3
White roots/tubers
4
Legumes
5
Vitamin A-rich orange veg
6
Dark green leafy vegetables
This question may have multiple parts. Select 'yes' if any are true.
7
Other vegetables
This question may have multiple parts. Select 'yes' if any are true.
8
Vitamin A-rich fruits
9
Citrus
10
Other fruits
This question may have multiple parts. Select 'yes' if any are true.
11
Grain sweets
12
Other sweets
13
Eggs
14
Cheese
15
Yogurt
16
Processed meat
17
Unprocessed red meat (ruminant)
18
Unprocessed red meat (non-ruminant)
19
Poultry
20
Fish & seafood
21
Nuts & seeds
22
Ultra-processed packaged salty snacks
23
Instant noodles
24
Deep fried foods
25
Fluid milk
26
Sweetened tea/ coffee/ milk drinks
27
Fruit juice
28
SSBs (sodas)
29
Fast food
Calculated Indicators
1
All-5
No
1a
At least one vegetable
No
1b
At least one fruit
No
1c
At least one pulse, nut or seed
No
1d
At least one animal-source food
No
1e
At least one starchy staple
No
2
MDD-W
No
3
Dietary Diversity Score (DDS)
0
4
Zero vegetable or fruit consumption (-)
Yes
4a
At least one vegetable or fruit
No
5
Pulse consumption
No
6
Nuts or seeds consumption
No
7
Whole grain consumption
No
8
Processed meat consumption (-)
No
9
Salty or fried snack consumption (-)
No
10
Deep fried food (-)
No
11
Sweet foods consumption (-)
No
12
Soft drinks (sodas, energy drinks, sports drinks) (-)
No