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DIETARY DIVERSITY QUESTIONNAIRE

Please describe the foods (meals and snacks) that you ate yesterday during the day and night, whether

at home or outside the home. Start with the first food eaten in the morning.

Write down all food and drinks mentioned by the respondent. When the respondent has finished,

probe for meals and snacks not mentioned.

Breakfast

Snack

Lunch

Snack

Dinner

Snack

[Household level: consider foods eaten by any member of the household, and exclude foods

purchased and eaten outside of the home]

When the respondent recall is complete, fill in the food groups based on the information recorded above. For

any food groups not mentioned, ask the respondent if a food item from this group was consumed.

Question

YES=1

Food group

Examples

number

NO=0

CEREALS

corn/maize, rice, wheat, sorghum, millet or any other

grains or foods made from these (e.g. bread, noodles,

porridge or other grain products) + insert local foods e.g.

ugali, nshima, porridge or pastes or other locally

available grains

VITAMIN A RICH

pumpkin, carrots, squash, or sweet potatoes that are

VEGETABLES AND

orange inside + other locally available vitamin-A rich

TUBERS

vegetables (e.g. red sweet pepper)

WHITE TUBERS AND

white potatoes, white yams, white cassava, or other

ROOTS

foods made from roots

dark green/leafy vegetables, including wild ones + locally

DARK GREEN LEAFY

VEGETABLES

available vitamin-A rich leaves such as amaranth,

cassava leaves, kale, spinach etc.

OTHER VEGETABLES

other vegetables (e.g. tomato, onion, eggplant) ,

including wild vegetables

VITAMIN A RICH

ripe mangoes, cantaloupe, apricots (fresh or dried), ripe

FRUITS

papaya, dried peaches + other locally available vitamin

A-rich fruits

OTHER FRUITS

other fruits, including wild fruits

ORGAN MEAT (IRON-

liver, kidney, heart or other organ meats or blood-based

RICH)

foods

FLESH MEATS

beef, pork, lamb, goat, rabbit, wild game, chicken, duck,

or other birds

EGGS

chicken, duck, guinea hen or any other egg

FISH

fresh or dried fish or shellfish

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