That's just another out of context study jumped on by people who absolutely positively want to find a way to justify sitting on their ass, eating excessive amount of ultra processed carbohydrates and moving as little as possible
Huberman currently is doing a series on fitness with Galpin. I highly recommend listening/watching it to get the context.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEYE-vcVKy8
TL;DR: there are different kinds of fitness and to be in a reasonable health over the long term one needs to have all of them.