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Jerry Morris
Epidemiologist
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A British epidemiologist whose 1953 study comparing London bus conductors, who worked standing and moving, against bus drivers, who sat all shift, found conductors had markedly lower rates of heart disease, among the first studies to demonstrate a link between physical activity and cardiovascular health at population scale.
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Notable ForThe 1953 London bus conductors study linking physical activity to heart health 2 Cross-Tradition Connections
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