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There is an urgency to find sustainable and scalable solutions (3) to confront and reverse the epidemic. Building on previous experience, the field is increasingly stressing the importance of 1) early childhood prevention; 2) multisector, multilevel “whole of community” approaches; 3) purposeful, sustainable, evidence-based initiative packages; 4) coordination and connections between sectors, levels, and initiatives using systems methodologies; and 5) rigorous design and evaluation procedures. Checking all 5 of these boxes in a single study remains elusive.