Kim is a 19-year-old University student who is receiving therapy treatment for anorexia.
Kim is at the Student's Union, enjoying a coffee break with some of her classmates. They don't know that she is recovering from an eating disorder and Kim would prefer to keep it private, and to keep the conversation light. After drinking her latte, Kim takes out her smart phone and uses the Nourish app to record what she has eaten, and how it made her feel. From the landing page on the app, she clicks the "log a meal" button, which then prompts her to answer a few simple questions. This takes her under 10 seconds and feels effortless and familiar. She can then join in with the conversation seamlessly.
As a young person who is receiving therapy for an eating disorder, I want to be able to log my meals in under 10 seconds, so that it doesn't become a disruptive chore.
As a user who is currently receiving therapy for anorexia, I want to be able to keep my food diary private, so that I can recover without attracting unwanted attention.
As a user with a busy lifestyle who is receiving therapy for an eating disorder, I want to be able to log my meals without carrying a physical diary, so that the process of logging a meal fits in with my life.
Ali is a 23-year-old office assistant who is receiving therapy for bulimia.
Ali is in the middle of a therapy session. The therapist wants to know how many meals Ali has managed to keep down since they last saw each other. She gets the data she has from Ali's Nourish account to appear on her computer screen. They can both see a correlation between Ali vomiting and feeling stressed out. She helps him to rationalise his thoughts and come up with some coping strategies for the next time he feels stressed. Ali records these tips in the Nourish app at the end of the therapy session so that he can refer back to them later.
As a user who has been receiving therapy for an eating disorder for a few weeks or months, I want to be able to track my eating patterns over a long period of time and look back at previous days, so that I can track my recovery progress.
As a user who is currently receiving therapy for an bulimia, I want to log the meals that I manage to keep down (laxatives / vomiting), so that I can keep track of my recovery progress and any relapses.
As a user who is receiving therapy for an eating disorder, I want to be reminded of session notes with my therapist, So that I can apply the advice in everyday situations.
As a user receiving therapy for an eating disorder, I want to be able to share my food diary with my therapist, so that we can discuss my progress together and s/he can give me help based on my food diary.
As a therapist who is treating lots of patients with eating disorders, I want their food diary to be easy to read, so that I can get an accurate overview of their progress.
As a therapist who is analysing a user's food diary with them, I want to make sure that there is room for us to add comments next to diary entries, so that we can give useful advice based on real-life situations.
As a user who is recovering from an eating disorder and finds it hard to confront my condition, I don't want to feel patronised or overwhelmed during my recovery process, so that I don't feel worse than I already do, or defiant.
As a user who is receiving therapy for an eating disorder, I want a repository for my thoughts and feelings, even if they aren't related to a meal time, so that I can get to the root cause of my condition.
As a parent of a young person who is receiving therapy for an eating disorder, I want my child to feel rewarded for making progress, so that they are keen for their condition to improve.
As a user who is recovering from an eating disorder, I want my food diary to remain absolutely private, so that I can feel free to be honest with no one to judge me.
As a therapist in their first session with a patient recovering from an eating disorder, I want them to get used to using a food diary as soon as possible, so that we can begin the recovery process without delay.