Here $u=u(x,y)$ is a two-variable integrable function defined on $D\subset\mathbb{R}^2$, $f(x)$ is a one-variable function defined on $\mathbb{R}$.
What is trival is that if $f(x)$ is continuous, then $f(u(x,y))$ is integrable on $D$.
Now $f(x)$ is just integrable, is $f(u(x,y))$ still integrable on $D$?
It's not true that $f(u(x,y))$ is integrable if $f$ is continuous (even if it is also integrable).
Take $ f(x) = 1/(1+x^2)$, which is integrable and continuous on $\mathbb R$.
$u(x,y) = 0$ is integrable on $\mathbb R^2$. $f(u(x,y)) = 1$ is not integrable there.