MDD-W Food Group
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The ten food groups used by the FAO Minimum Dietary Diversity for Women (MDD-W) indicator, which replaced the earlier WDDS. A woman of reproductive age is asked, for each group, whether she consumed any food from that group in the past 24 hours. Women consuming at least five of the ten groups are classified as having achieved minimum dietary diversity.
Standard reference
FAO Minimum Dietary Diversity for Women (MDD-W) Guide, 2021 (https://www.fao.org/documents/card/en?details=cb3434en)
Values
| Code | Label | Standard code | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
grains | Grains, white roots and tubers, and plantains | Bread, rice, pasta, porridge made from cereals; white potatoes, white yams, cassava; plantains. | |
pulses | Pulses (beans, peas, lentils) | Dried beans, dried peas, lentils, or dishes made from them. | |
nuts_seeds | Nuts and seeds | Any tree nut, groundnut, or seed, or nut or seed pastes such as peanut butter, tahini, or similar. | |
dairy | Dairy (milk, yogurt, cheese) | Milk, cheese, yogurt, or other milk products. Excludes small amounts used only to whiten tea or coffee. | |
meat_poultry_fish | Meat, poultry, and fish | Red meat, poultry, organ meats, fresh or dried fish, shellfish, and other flesh foods. | |
eggs | Eggs | Eggs from any bird. | |
dark_green_leafy_veg | Dark green leafy vegetables | Dark green leafy vegetables such as spinach, amaranth leaves, cassava leaves, moringa, kale, wild leaves. | |
vitamin_a_fruit_veg | Other vitamin-A-rich fruits and vegetables | Ripe mango, ripe papaya, carrot, pumpkin, orange-fleshed sweet potato, red palm oil, and other vitamin-A-rich foods. Excludes dark green leafy vegetables (captured separately). | |
other_vegetables | Other vegetables | Vegetables that are not captured in the dark-green-leafy or vitamin-A-rich groups: tomato, onion, eggplant, cucumber, green beans, etc. | |
other_fruits | Other fruits | Fruits not captured in the vitamin-A-rich group: banana, apple, pineapple, watermelon, citrus, wild-gathered fruits, etc. |