Recently, Japanese researchers found that people who have faith in mass media like TV and newspaper are healthier than people who criticize them.

Research team led by Yasuharu Tokuda from St. Luke's International Hospital and Takashi Inoguchi from Chuo University analyzed data collected from 39,000 people in 29 Asian countries.

Data analysis revealed that people in the Maldives had the most trust and good health as compared to people in Hong Kong who more cynical and sickly.

During study, 50% of the study subjects said that they 'trust a lot' or 'trust to a degree' in mass media. Young, married, high-income, and highly-educated women with a high trust in interpersonal relations as well as in the healthcare system and mass media reported the best health status.

Yasuharu Tokuda said: "Our findings suggest that mass media programs can contribute towards better health, especially among those people who have trust in mass media. The media need to recognize the importance of their important social role in terms of public health." (Pallavi contributed to this report)