DocumentCode
3208515
Title
Food and Malaysian climbers at high altitudes
Author
Ahmad, R. ; Zahari, M. S Mohd ; Othman, Z. ; Zulkifly, M.I. ; Ishak, N.
Author_Institution
Faculty of Hotel and Tourism Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Malaysia
fYear
2010
fDate
5-7 Dec. 2010
Firstpage
646
Lastpage
650
Abstract
The suitability of food taking besides others provisions is one of the vital elements to be considered for the high altitude mountain climbers to combat with the common symptoms of physiological changes like Acute Mountain Sickness, nauseous, breathing difficulties including appetite suppression and reduction of taste. This paper report the experiences of 2007 Malaysian Everest expedition teams with regard to the types of food consumed particularly during the last phase of the expedition before conquering the peak of the mountain.
Keywords
Humans; Interviews; Medical services; Presses; Safety; Taste buds; Testing; Food; High Altitudes; Malaysian climbers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Science and Social Research (CSSR), 2010 International Conference on
Conference_Location
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-8987-9
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CSSR.2010.5773860
Filename
5773860
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