While the growth patterns chart is a great tool for detecting major growth delays, it's definitely one of the more stressful growth and development charts! (ourfamilyworld.com)
Teens who have constitutional growth delay grow at a normal rate when they're younger kids, but they lag behind and don't start their pubertal development and their growth spurt until after most of their peers. (kidshealth.org)
In children, it may cause growth delays and soft bones (rickets)(17, 20, 21). (healthline.com)