title: Energy and water balance at high altitude.
abstract: Many studies have shown that subjects lose significant amounts of body mass, fat mass as well as fat-free mass, during a climb to and/or a stay at high altitude. Altitude-induced weight loss is mainly caused by malnutrition due to hypoxia-related satiety, independent of acute mountain sickness.
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Biology, Maastricht University, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: K R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Westerterp
mesh_terms: D000531:Altitude; D004326:Drinking / Q000502:physiology; D002149:Energy Intake; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007408:Intestinal Absorption; D014867:Water / Q000378:metabolism*; D014870:Water Loss, Insensible / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D014867:Water