Business Acquisitions (Details) (USD $)	1 Months Ended						1 Months Ended				3 Months Ended			1 Months Ended		1 Months Ended		0 Months Ended		0 Months Ended			1 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Jan. 31, 2012	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 18, 2012	Oct. 31, 2008 ViSalus Holdings, LLC [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Individual Founder [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 The Founders [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Employees And Others [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Chief Executive Officer [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Chief Operating Officer [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 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] 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		$ 28,700,000											$ 13,000,000		$ 2,500,000	$ 3,000,000	$ 2,500,000		$ 300,000	$ 1,000,000	$ 600,000	$ 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
Unregistered shares of common stock			681,324
Unregistered shares of common stock, value																							14,600,000
Business Acquisition, Increase In Voting Interest		8.20%
ViSalus redeemable preferred stock				$ 146,635,000	$ 146,603,000	$ 143,200,000					$ 500,000	$ 13,200,000	$ 4,500,000
Preferred stock, shares issued				0	0	8,955,730
Preferred Stock, Redemption Price Per Share						$ 15.99
Minority interest percentage				0.00%				4.60%	13.70%	2.90%	1.80%	0.10%	0.60%
Common stock outstanding, ownership percentage											36.00%