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@#Introduction: : Mid-Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC) of pregnant women is an indicator to assess the chronic energy deficiency (CED) in ensuring healthy outcomes in women and newborns. This research aims to analyze correlation between energy protein intake and MUAC of pregnant women. Methods: The design of this research was an observational cross-sectional study. The study population included a total of 164 pregnant women in second and third trimester in a Community Health Center in Indonesia. The samples were chosen by a simple random sampling technique. Energy and protein intakes were assessed by interviewing the subjects’ meal intake in the past three months using the semi-quantitative Food Frequency Questionnaire (SQ-FFQ) form. MUAC of pregnant women was assessed using a measuring tape by a trained researcher. Pearson product-moment tests were applied to analyze correlation between energy intake, protein intake and MUAC. Result: Majority of pregnant women experienced energy and protein intake deficiency, 97.6% and 73.2%, respectively. CED was found to be 17.1%. There were correlations between energy intake and MUAC (p=0.0215, r=0.181), and between protein intake and MUAC (p=0.001, r=0.319) in pregnant women. Conclusion: This study discovered that majority of pregnant women suffer from lack of energy and protein intake. Effective community nutritional program is still needed as the effort to reduce prevalence of inadequate energy and protein intake and prevent the CED among the pregnant women.