A disposable absorbent pant having a belt structure that encircles the wearer s waist with front and rear belt portions and a longitudinally channeled absorbent core structure is disclosed. The channels are extended so as to underlie at least one of the front and rear belt portions thereby providing added structural support to restrain the absorbent core and reduce the likelihood of undesirable bulging in the front and/or rear of the pant while it is worn after the core has absorbed liquid and stiffened longitudinally as a result of the channeled structure.
