It's not implausible. How many modern "ailments" are simply the result of not doing what our bodies were adapted to.
Physical evolution does not keep up so well with modern society's pace of change and understandings therein.
I've started doing the 10,000+ steps for a couple of years, and yes there does seem to be a difference to my health and energy.
Our bodies are a bit dumb in this, albeit with good intentions - momentarily preserve energy, make body weaker long term. It made sense in the past though, otherwise we wouldn't be probably here.
Indeed, we are all stone age hardware trying to run modern software.