2.2.0.25falsefalse0202 - Disclosure - Significant Accounting Policiestruefalsefalse1falsefalseUSDfalsefalse1/1/2011 - 3/31/2011 USD ($) USD ($) / shares $Jan-01-2011_Mar-31-2011http://www.sec.gov/CIK0001180262duration2011-01-01T00:00:002011-03-31T00:00:00USDStandardhttp://www.xbrl.org/2003/iso4217USDiso42170USDEPSDividehttp://www.xbrl.org/2003/iso4217USDiso4217http://www.xbrl.org/2003/instancesharesxbrli0SharesStandardhttp://www.xbrl.org/2003/instancesharesxbrli0USDUSD$2true0hlf_SignificantAccountingPoliciesAbstracthlffalsenadurationSignificant Accounting Policies.falsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse1falsefalsefalse00falsefalsefalsefalsefalseOtherxbrli:stringItemTypestringSignificant Accounting Policies.falsefalseSignificant Accounting Policies [Abstract]3false0us-gaap_SignificantAccountingPoliciesTextBlockus-gaaptruenadurationNo definition available.falsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalseverboselabel1falsefalsefalse00  <div align="left" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; margin-left: 0in; "> <div align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><b>2. Significant Accounting Policies</b> </div> <div align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><b><i>Basis of Presentation</i></b> </div> <div align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">The unaudited interim financial information of the Company has been prepared in accordance with Article 10 of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s, or the SEC, Regulation S-X. Accordingly, it does not include all of the information required by generally accepted accounting principles in the U.S., or U.S. GAAP, for complete financial statements. The condensed consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2010 was derived from the audited financial statements at that date and does not include all the disclosures required by U.S. GAAP. The Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements as of March 31, 2011, and for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, include Herbalife and all of its direct and indirect subsidiaries. In the opinion of management, the accompanying financial information contains all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments, necessary to present fairly the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements as of March 31, 2011, and for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010, or the 2010 10-K. Operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2011, are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2011. </div> <div align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><b><i>Venezuela</i></b> </div> <div align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">In February 2011, Herbalife Venezuela purchased U.S. dollar denominated bonds with a face value of $20 million U.S. dollars in a bond offering from Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A., a Venezuelan state-owned petroleum company, for 86 million Bolivars and then immediately sold the bonds for $15 million U.S. dollars, resulting in an average effective conversion rate of 5.7 Bolivars per U.S. dollar. The 86 million Bolivars were previously remeasured at the regulated system rate, or SITME rate, of 5.3 Bolivars per U.S. dollar and recorded as cash and cash equivalents of $16.3 million on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2010. This Bolivar to U.S. dollar conversion resulted in the Company recording a net pre-tax loss of $1.3 million U.S. dollars in its condensed consolidated statement of income for the three months ended March 31, 2011. </div> <div align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">As of March 31, 2011, Herbalife Venezuela’s net monetary Bolivar denominated assets and liabilities was approximately $9.0 million, and included approximately $13.1 million in Bolivar denominated cash and cash equivalents and approximately $4.8 million in U.S. dollar denominated cash. The majority of these Bolivar denominated assets and liabilities were remeasured at the SITME rate. Although Venezuela is an important market in the Company’s South and Central America Region, Herbalife Venezuela’s net sales represented less than 2% of the Company’s consolidated net sales for both the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010 and its total assets represented less than 3% of the Company’s consolidated total assets as of both March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010. </div> <div align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">See the Company’s 2010 10-K for further information on Herbalife Venezuela and Venezuela’s high inflationary economy. </div>   </div>  <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; margin-left: 0in; "> </div>  <!-- Begin Block Tagged NotefalsefalsefalsefalsefalseOtherus-types:textBlockItemTypestringThis element may be used to describe all significant accounting policies of the reporting entity.Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher AICPA -Name Accounting Principles Board Opinion (APB) -Number 22 -Paragraph 8 falsefalseSignificant Accounting Policies12Significant Accounting PoliciesUnKnownUnKnownUnKnownUnKnownfalsetrue