TRENDS & INNOVATIONS.(TO THE POINT)

Natural plant compounds called phytosterols, found mostly in vegetable oils, might cut cholesterol even at low levels, the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition said.

Premature babies fed a nutrient-enriched formula have higher levels of the "obesity hormone" leptin as teens than similar infants fed breast milk or standard formula, U.K. researchers found.

Roughly three times as many black Americans as white ones will develop kidney failure, the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology reported.

Men and women might approach food differently, but there don't seem to be any major differences between them in how …