Table 1.

Methodology used to prepare the German recommendations for physical activity

Phase 1 January–June 2015	1A: Systematic literature review of existing PA recommendations
	1B: Survey of experts to establish quality criteria
Phase 2 May–August 2015	2A: Assessment of the identified PA recommendations using quality criteria
	2B: Selection of high-quality PA recommendations as source recommendations
	2C: Content analysis of the source recommendations
Phase 3 September–December 2015	3A: Synthesis of content analyses and derivation of the recommendations for health-effective PA