New Delhi, June 14 -- Chief Economic Advisor V Anantha Nageswaran said India's bigger worry isn't ageing before it gets rich, but becoming unhealthier before it gets rich, pointing to rising obesity and sedentary lifestyles that threaten the country's productivity dividend.

Responding to the question of whether India will age before it becomes rich due to falling birth rates and a shrinking youth bulge, Nageswaran said the working-age population will keep rising for some time, giving India a window. "More than worrying about whether we are becoming older before we become richer, I would say whether we are becoming unhealthier before we become richer," he told ANI in an exclusive conversation.

He cited the National Family Health Survey, ...