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Moving the cleats backward takes out the Achilles ankle movement from pedaling which tends to help people doing long stuff when this tendon has a tendon-see (sorry) to get inflamed.
I ride midfoot, so I'm the extreme example of moving cleats back. It's lovely. Podiatrist without cycling knowledge perhaps?
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Cleat position - I thought the consensus these days was to have a more rearward position, i..e. if in doubt move the cleats further back as there's less likely to be issues and it can help with foot stability as you're not trying to stabilise the foot at the same time as pedalling.
Saw podiatrist recently (for non-cycling assessment) and got chatting about cycling/ cleats. He reckons you should start with the cleats forward and only move back if there are issues. Anyone else come across this? Sounded like the opposite to general approach.