Energy and water balance at high altitude.
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.
Westerterp
K R
KR
Department of Human Biology, Maastricht University, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands.
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
D014867:Water