Thirty-two adult patients with burn wounds over 50% TBSA were randomized into the nutritioal and the control group.Energy supplement Ifor the patients of the nutritional group was given according to the burn nutrition formula of the Third Military Medical College as follows,Energy (kJ) /day=4184 (1000 cal)?body surface area (m2) +105 (25 cal)?burn surface area (%)glucose,fat:protein=55~60:20~30:15~20calorie (cal):nitrogen (g)=150~170:1The patients of the control were prescribed to eat the hospital diet freely.All the patients of the 2 groups were observed for 28 days postburn with their burn wounds similarly and properly treated.It was found that most of the nutritional indices observed were better in the nutritional group than in the control.