Business Acquisitions (Details) (USD $)	1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended					11 Months Ended	12 Months Ended			1 Months Ended					12 Months Ended			1 Months Ended		1 Months Ended		0 Months Ended		0 Months Ended			1 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Jan. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 18, 2012	Jan. 31, 2013 Subsequent Event [Member]	Oct. 31, 2008 ViSalus Holdings, LLC [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Individual Founder [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 The Founders [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Employees And Others [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Chief Executive Officer [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Chief Operating Officer [Member]	Dec. 31, 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%						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, Cumulative													14,000,000																	43,300,000
Acquisition costs													1,000,000
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		146,603,000						146,603,000	146,547,000	143,200,000						500,000	13,200,000	4,500,000
Preferred Stock Redemption Discount									146,600,000
Preferred Stock Redemption Premium			(889,000)	(2,748,000)	(1,834,000)	0		0	0	33,956,000
Basic Earnings Per Share Adjustment, Pro Forma									$ (0.34)	$ (1.97)
Preferred stock, shares issued	0		0						0	0	8,955,730
Preferred Stock, Redemption Price Per Share											$ 15.99
Minority interest percentage			0.00%						0.00%					4.60%	13.70%	2.90%	1.80%	0.10%	0.60%
Common stock outstanding, ownership percentage																	35.90%
Charges (credits) recorded in Administrative and other expense								27,100,000		11,300,000
Initial public offering fees							$ 4,700,000