Absorbent garment such as a diaper and an incontinence guard, said garment comprisesa first body panel (16), a second body panel (17) and a crotch portion (13) therebetween. The garment is provided with opposed laterally extending belt members(17) attached to the waist portion of the first body panel (11) and are adaptedto be wrapped around the waist of the wearer of the garment and fastened togetherby means of first fastening means (18). The second body panel (12) at its waistportion is provided with second fastening means (19) adapted to be fastened tothe belt members (17), in such a way that the garment will assume a pant-like shape.The belt members (17) are interconnected by a waist band (20) extending in transversedirection (x) along the waist portion (11a) of the first body panel (11). At leastone of the belt members (17) comprises an elastic region (17a) located at the proximalend of said belt member adjacent said waist band (20).
