Business Acquisitions (Details) (USD $)	1 Months Ended							1 Months Ended				6 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	Jun. 30, 2014	Apr. 01, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 18, 2012	Oct. 31, 2008 ViSalus Holdings, LLC [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Individual Founder [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 The Founders [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Employees And Others [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Chief Executive Officer [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Chief Operating Officer [Member]	Jun. 30, 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					50.00%		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					500,000			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				146,667,000		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%
Significant Acquisitions and Disposals, Acquisition Costs or Sale Proceeds					250,000
Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs and Value of Business Acquired					$ 700,000