Business Acquisitions (Details) (USD $)	1 Months Ended		9 Months Ended			1 Months Ended					9 Months Ended			1 Months Ended		1 Months Ended		0 Months Ended		0 Months Ended			1 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Jan. 31, 2012	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2013	Dec. 18, 2012	Jan. 31, 2013 Subsequent Event [Member]	Oct. 31, 2008 ViSalus Holdings, LLC [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Individual Founder [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 The Founders [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Employees And Others [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Chief Executive Officer [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Chief Operating Officer [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Chief Strategy Officer [Member]	Oct. 31, 2008 Initial Phase [Member]	Oct. 31, 2008 Initial Phase [Member] ViSalus Holdings, LLC [Member]	Oct. 31, 2008 Initial Phase [Member] The Founders [Member]	Oct. 31, 2008 Initial Phase [Member] Noncontrolling Interest	May 27, 2011 Second Phase [Member]	Apr. 30, 2011 Second Phase [Member] ViSalus Holdings, LLC [Member]	May 27, 2011 Second Phase [Member] Individual Founder [Member]	May 27, 2011 Second Phase [Member] Noncontrolling Interest	May 27, 2011 Second Phase [Member] Others [Member]	Jan. 31, 2012 Third Phase [Member]	Apr. 30, 2012 Third Phase [Member] ViSalus Holdings, LLC [Member]	Jan. 31, 2012 Third Phase [Member] ViSalus Holdings, LLC [Member]	Jan. 31, 2012 Third Phase [Member] The Founders [Member]	Jan. 31, 2012 Third Phase [Member] Noncontrolling Interest	Jan. 31, 2012 Third Phase [Member] Others [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Fourth Phase [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Fourth Phase [Member] The Founders [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Fourth Phase [Member] Others [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Fourth Phase [Member] Chief Executive Officer [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Fourth Phase [Member] Chief Operating Officer [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Fourth Phase [Member] Chief Strategy Officer [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Equity interest acquired					80.90%										43.60%				57.50%						72.70%
Cost of acquired entity, cash paid						$ 25,300,000								$ 13,000,000		$ 2,500,000	$ 3,000,000	$ 2,500,000		$ 300,000	$ 1,000,000	$ 600,000	$ 22,500,000	$ 6,200,000	$ 28,700,000	$ 10,100,000	$ 11,000,000	$ 7,600,000	$ 60,500,000	$ 13,300,000	$ 13,600,000	$ 5,100,000	$ 200,000	$ 1,700,000
Acquisition costs							1,000,000
Acquisition Costs, Cumulative							14,000,000																	43,300,000
Unregistered shares of common stock		681,324	681,324
Unregistered shares of common stock not to be sold or transferred prior to January 12, 2014																									340,662
Unregistered shares of common stock, value																									14,600,000
Business Acquisition, Increase In Voting Interest	8.20%
ViSalus redeemable preferred stock	$ 146,547,000			$ 146,571,000	$ 143,200,000
Preferred stock, shares issued	0			0	8,955,730
Preferred Stock, Redemption Price Per Share					$ 15.99
Minority interest percentage								4.60%	13.70%	2.90%	1.80%	0.10%	0.60%
Common stock outstanding, ownership percentage											35.90%