High-altitude weight loss may have an evolutionary advantage

Monday, June 16, 2014 - 10:31 in Psychology & Sociology

Weight loss at high altitudes—something universally experienced by climbers and people who move to higher terrain—may not be a detrimental effect, but rather is likely an evolutionarily-programmed adaptation, according to a new article in BioEssays.

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