Absorbent article with improved fit

An absorbent article comprising

• a chassis extending about a longitudinal axis, said chassis including a topsheet, a backsheet and an absorbent structure disposed between said topsheet and said backsheet, said chassis having a first transverse axis dividing the absorbent structure into a front body panel terminating in a front waist region and a rear body panel terminating in a rear waist region, said rear waist region having a first elastic region, said chassis being delimited by opposed longitudinal edges and opposed transverse edges;
• a pair of opposed rear side panels attached to said chassis at said rear waist region of said rear body panel, each rear side panel extending outwardly from the respective longitudinal edge of the chassis, at least one of said rear side panels having a second elastic, and
• a fastening system for fastening the absorbent article around the waist of a user, the fastening system comprising first fastener arranged on said pair of opposed rear side panels and complementary second fastener arranged on said front body panel,
• wherein in said rear waist region,
• said absorbent structure terminates at a first distance from said back transverse edge and
• said first elastic extends substantially parallel to said back transverse edge and spaced therefrom by a second distance and spaced from said absorbent structure by a third distance, said first elastic region terminating short of a first longitudinal edge by a fourth distance, wherein said third distance is greater than said second distance or substantially equal thereto;
• said first fastening system comprising a first fastening member on each opposed rear side panel, said first fastening members being positioned on a second transverse axis extending substantially parallel to said first transverse axis, with said second transverse axis passing between said absorbent structure and said first elastic.