A combination of the two in restaurants can certainly help with the Americans' waistlines. Chefs have been trained everywhere in the world to create tasty recipes and not worry about calories or the health of a consumer. Caring about health and intake clearly is a consumer's reponsibility.
However, in the U.S. being the most obese country in the world, there are conscious efforts in the food industry, to pay attention to using better ingredients. There are regulations for some restaurants to list calories on their menus. Not sure why only some need to follow that rule. I believe it would be a great idea to train chefs on general rules of healthy cooking and nutrition. This way they will not be held responsible if for eg. they are sued. There was a recent news item where one of the fast food chains was sued by a customer for his obesity and health issue. Hmm! Not sure how this logic works. The customer won the lawsuit too!
Restaurants and chefs can do all they can. However, the consumer is the one in control of his/her quantity intake.
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