title: Cancer, obesity, and legitimation of suggested lifestyles: a libertarian paternalism approach.
abstract: We know that around 30% of all cancers are preventable. We also know that there is clear evidence of the causal relations between obesity and cancer. This means that there could be lifestyles that could prevent obesity and, thus, cancer. Yet, who legitimises these lifestyles and on which ground? Should citizens be free to accept or not to accept policies concerning them? This is a problem faced within what has been named libertarian paternalism. We discuss it, also proposing a version that we call deliberative libertarian paternalism, showing how important this problem is for a proper framing of the lifestyle policies concerning obesity and, thus, cancer prevention.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Advanced Science, Technische Universität München, Lichtenbergstr. 2a, Garching D-85748, Germany ; Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Chirurgico Specialistiche, University of Ferrara, Via Fossato di Mortara, 64A, Ferrara 44121, Italy.
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Boniolo
authors.affiliation: Department of Economics and Management, University of Padua, via del Santo 33, Padua 35123, Italy.
authors.forename: Vincenzo
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Rebba
keywords: cancer; citizen autonomy; deliberation; health care costs; libertarian paternalism; obesity; policies