ABSORBENT GARMENT (10), SUCH AS A DIAPER OR AN INCONTINENCE GUARD, SAID GARMENT HAVING A LONGITUDINAL (Y) AND A TRANSVERSE DIRECTION (X) AND COMPRISING A FIRST BODY PANEL (11), A SECOND BODY PANEL (12) AND A CROTCH PORTION (13) THERE BETWEEN, EACH OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND BODY PANELS HAVING A WAIST PORTION (11A, 12A). THE ABSORBENT GARMENT (10) IS FURTHER PROVIDED WITH BELT SECTIONS (14A, 14B) ATTACHED TO THE WAIST PORTION (11A) OF FIRST BODY PANEL (11) AND IS ADAPTED TO BE WRAPPED AROUND THE WAIST OF THE USER OF THE ABSORBENT GARMENT (10) AND FASTENED TOGETHER BY MEANS OF FIRST FASTENING MEANS (17). THE SECOND BODY PANEL (12) AT ITS WAIST PORTION (12A) IS PROVIDED WITH SECOND FASTENING MEANS (19) ADAPTED TO BE FASTENED TO AT LEAST ONE OF THE BELT SECTIONS (14A, 14B) IN SUCH A WAY THAT THE ABSORBENT GARMENT (10) WILL ASSUME A PANT-LIKE SHAPE. WHEN TESTED ON CYCLIC WAIST EXPANSION TEST APPARATUS (25), AS DESCRIBED HEREIN, THE ABSORBENT GARMENT (10) DOES NOT SLIP DOWN MORE THAN 15 CM FROM ITS INITIAL POSITION ON THE CYCLIC WAIST EXPANSION TEST APPARATUS (25) DURING AT LEAST TEN EXPANSION/CONTRACTION CYCLES OF THE CYCLIC WAIST EXPANSION TEST AND DURING AT LEAST 30 SECONDS AFTER BEING SUBJECTED TO AT LEAST TEN EXPANSION/CONTRACTION CYCLES OF THE CYCLIC WAIST EXPANSION TEST.
